Exercise Solid Curtain
April 1st, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
NORFOLK (March 22, 2012) Sailors and members of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire and Emergency Service participate in a simulated improvised explosive device drill as part of Exercise Solid Curtain and Citadel Shield 2012. The anti-terrorism force protection exercise is being conducted on naval bases and installations throughout the continental United States March 19-24. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Hulle/released)
Surgery By Flashlight
June 15th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
U.S. Air Force Capt. Dawn Russell treats an injured Afghan boy while Provincial Reconstruction Team personnel hold flashlights at Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan, June 9, 2011. Russell is a physicians assistant assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul. The patient was transported to FOB Smart from Zabul after an improvised explosive device detonated, injuring two civilian children. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson
Route Clearance
February 15th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Mine Clearing line explosive charge launches from Company A, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division vehicle on route dodge, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10. The route clearing procedure was to deploy a mine clearing line charge to destroy possible improvised explosive device. (Photo by Spc. Zachary Burke)
Honor For The Fallen
August 2nd, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
Upon landing after a helicopter rescue mission, Tech. Sgt. Jeff Hedglin, right, an Air Force Pararescueman, or PJ, drapes an American flag over the remains of the first of two U.S. soldiers killed minutes earlier in an IED attack on Thursday July 29, 2010, assisted by fellow PJs, Senior Airman Robert Dieguez, center, and 1st Lt. Matthew Carlisle, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. July 2010 was the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year Afghan War. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
To The Bastions Of Maywand
November 16th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Sgt. Timothy Guichard (right) prepares to leave on a patrol, going to a nearby village to ask locals about IEDs that have been planted in the area. I think Mr. Fury would be proud.
Don’t Bet The Mortgage
November 14th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Pfc. Israel Lupercio, Pfc. Nicholas Santos, and Spc. Kain Perkins, part of the Route Clearance Patrol – the anti-IED road sweepers, with the 4th Engineers, 576th Engineer Co., play spades while relaxing before their patrol early the next day.
The Service
November 4th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Members of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry regiment pause at a memorial service at FOB Ramrod for Pfc. Brian Bates, 20, from Gretna, La. He was killed in Kandahar last week by an IED while driving a Stryker on patrol.
IED – Found
June 2nd, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
An EOD team member wires up a IED (right) found a road off Highway One, near Qalat, to be detonated – this one was a five gallon bucket made with fertilizer.
The Ceremony
June 1st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Members of RCP 6, 951st Engineer Co., 276th EN BN receive their combat action badge for enemy engagement this past February – they were attacked while doing their daily mission – route clearing with special MRAPs – going on along Highway One and its offshoots to detect, and more, often get hit by, IEDs.